This week, since my sorority just finished recruiting a new member class, I’ve had a lot of freshman students asking me questions about classes and college life; the main topic is about how they are an undeclared major and they just don’t know what they want to do with their lives yet.
The one thing I’ve told all of them is that it’s OK to not know what you want. You’re young. It is OK not to have your whole life planned out because you just honestly don’t know what can happen next.
The next thing I tell them is, "I've changed my major twice and I am OK."
I’m currently contemplating if I want to change it for the third time. I was admitted to TCU as a sports psychology major, and then I switched to early childhood education before I even enrolled in classes for the fall of 2016.
Then, mid way through the first semester of my freshman year, I decided to change to secondary education and pick up a writing minor.
The one thing I stress to not only the people who ask me but also to myself is that at this point in my life, I’m the youngest I’ll ever be and the oldest I’ve ever been. I shouldn’t have my entire life put together or seriously planned out because I’ve barely been on this earth for 20 years.
I don’t know what I want yet. I still have so much time and so many things I want to do.
One of the problems that I have with the institution of college is that we are asking young people, who have never lived on their own, to choose the path that they are going down for the rest of their lives.
Two years ago, I had to ask permission to go to the bathroom or get a drink of water during the day, and now I’m expected to have it all together and know where I want to go? Who I want to be?
My main point is that it’s OK to be confused; it’s okay to be unsure. We have our whole lives to worry about stuff, so don’t do it now. Enjoy that you don’t know what's happening. Take weird introductory classes so that you can figure out what you're passionate about. After that, everything else will fall into place.